urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-789e8244-2f53-4645-bfaf-3bd18730ff78IBM Business Insight blog - Australia & New ZealandBusiness Insight gives you access to the very best thought leadership, information and tools for smarter business strategies and practices. Discover a broad range of real-life case studies, blogs, articles and ideas from leading experts.1562015-02-20T03:33:18-05:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-524a6b48-9a96-4805-92ec-fb356292b9b8How to Plan with a JamDaman Mongianflood1985+436@gmail.com3100007KCHactiveComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikes2015-02-13T03:08:17-05:002015-02-13T03:10:43-05:00<p dir="ltr">
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When the University of South Australia was developing its five-year plan, it recognised it should take into account the insight and sentiment of students, faculty, alumni, politicians and the business community. But how could this all be coordinated?</div>
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The University turned to IBM. We provided an internet-based platform for conducting conversations through brainstorming, which was deployed over a two-day online forum called &lsquo;UniJam&rsquo;. More than 8,000 people &ndash; including the Australian Prime Minister &ndash; participated in UniJam (or &lsquo;The Jam&rsquo; as it was more commonly referred to), contributing more than 18,000 unique contributions and more than 1,300 conversation threads*. To this collective intelligence, smart text mining and data analytics were applied, delivering 20 work-years&rsquo; worth of input in just 36 hours. And the results were incorporated into an actionable and achievable plan within just three months.</div>
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You can hear the Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Australia, Professor David Lloyd, tell the story of this incredible collaboration in the video: How to Plan with a Jam here. &nbsp;It&rsquo;s incredibly inspiring and sure to get you thinking about the possibilities within your own organisation.&nbsp;</div>
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<em>*This customer story is based on information provided by the University of South Australia and illustrates how one organisation uses IBM products. Many factors have contributed to the results and benefits described. IBM does not guarantee comparable results elsewhere.</em></div>
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At IBM, we define a social business as one that embeds social tools, media and practices into its ongoing activities, enabling the connectivity of individuals and the effective sharing of information both inside and outside the organisation. Additionally, a social business drives outcomes through the sharing of resources, skills and knowledge.&nbsp;</div>
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We wanted to understand how businesses are embracing social, so we surveyed more than 1,100 of them globally &ndash; with 57 from the telecommunications industry in particular. We discovered that leaders were using social to achieve three main objectives:</div>
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The new study from the IBM Institute of Business Value &lsquo;Telecom&rsquo;s Future is Social&rsquo; captures the results of our survey and includes recommendations that communications service providers should use to meet these three objectives. The Institute recommends we think of social business practices as a journey that leads towards new ways of working. And my recommendation is to take the first step on that journey today.</p>
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Access the whitepaper <a href="https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=swg-NA_ISDP_Standard-Reg&amp;S_PKG=ov11523&amp;lang=en_au" target="_blank"> HERE</a></p>
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Decisions, decisions. How do you make yours? If you&rsquo;re working in a new way, you&rsquo;re deciding with data &ndash; lots and lots of it.&nbsp;</p>
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A new &lsquo;age of knowing&rsquo; is upon us. And with it comes new requirements. Data is becoming the world&#39;s new natural resource, transforming industries and professions. Powerful business and technology services are now available on demand, redefining business models. Leaders everywhere are connecting with and engaging consumers, workers, citizens, patients and students in new ways. Today, every discussion about changes in technology, business and society must begin with data.&nbsp;</div>
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Exponentially increasing in volume, velocity and variety, data is becoming the world&rsquo;s most valuable new natural resource. Fueled by the proliferation of devices and the infusion of intelligence into all products and processes, it promises to be for the 21st century what steam power was for the 18th, electricity for the 19th and hydrocarbons for the 20th. Here we will examine how data is creating new wellsprings of competitive advantage and opportunity.</div>
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Because today, there is a new way to make decisions, and it&rsquo;s made with IBM.</div>
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Fifty years ago, IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson Jr. bet the company on a new approach to computing: the System/360 mainframe. That first-of-a-kind family of compatible computers was based on entirely new technologies. IBM spent $5 billion on the effort, equivalent to $38 billion in today&rsquo;s dollars. But the huge bet paid off. The mainframe positioned IBM to lead the computer industry for decades to come, transforming companies, industries and professions with computing power on a never-before-seen scale.&nbsp;</p>
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Today, we&rsquo;re at another historic turning point. When CEO Ginni Rometty established the IBM Watson Group a few months ago, she placed another major bet for the company, vowing to lead the way into a new era of computing. The goal is nothing less than to reinvent the tech industry &ndash; and reinvent our own company at the same time. Ginni proclaimed, &ldquo;I believe this will take its place as one of the most important moments in IBM&rsquo;s history.&rdquo;</div>
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IBM has set out on a course to develop a broad spectrum of technologies and a business ecosystem that enables humans on a mass scale to penetrate complexity so they can make better decisions. The goal is to transform industries, professions and the nature of the business enterprise. And through our Watson ecosystem of partners, we can extend our reach beyond our traditional business customers and bring a computing revolution to the masses.</div>
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Today there is a new way to think, and it&rsquo;s made with IBM.</div>
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As I reflect on all the client conversations I&rsquo;ve had over the past year, one underlying question kept coming up: &ldquo;I&#39;ve got data, but what decisions should I be making about it that will help me grow?&rdquo;</div>
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Data is becoming the world&#39;s new natural resource, transforming industries and professions. Powerful business and technology services are now available on demand, completely redefining business models. Pioneering organisations are connecting with consumers, workers, citizens, patients and students in increasingly engaging ways.</div>
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At the 2014 IBM THINK Forum, a distinguished group of C-suite leaders from across the globe gathered to explore this new era of enterprise innovation.</div>
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You may not have been able to attend the event yourself. But in this quarter&rsquo;s edition of IBM Business Insights, we&rsquo;ll be sharing what was revealed about leading through disruptive change, challenging traditional business models and adapting cultures to create lasting value.</div>
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Do you have a question about harnessing data? Let me know and I&#39;ll include our insights on those issues too.</div>
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In a recent IBM global study among senior executives, 75% said data theft and cyber attacks negatively impact customer satisfaction and brand reputation. 61% said theft and attacks are the greatest threats to their company&rsquo;s reputation. Another recent survey, by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, found that the typical organisation loses five percent of its revenue to fraud every year. &nbsp;</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Threat and fraud mitigation, therefore, has become a top priority for many businesses. A systematic approach is necessary to reduce exposure and minimise negative impacts. Organisations must not only manage known threats, but those yet to be identified. A proactive threat management strategy incorporating business analytics technology is no longer a luxury &ndash; it&rsquo;s a necessity. &nbsp;</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Our white paper, &lsquo;Predictive Threat and Risk Management &ndash; Meeting the Challenges of a Smarter Planet&rsquo; illustrates what organisations around the world are doing to mitigate risk and maximise positive results. It also shares practical steps you can take to combat threat and fraud in your business. It&rsquo;s a timely paper for anyone responsible for tactical and strategic decision making.</span></p>
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Ever wish you could make better things? Or make things better? Or both? That&rsquo;s what working in the cloud is all about: working smarter, working faster, and working harder for less.&nbsp;</div>
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Enterprises are transforming their business and IT processes into digital services with cloud. Beyond the technology, cloud offers enterprises and institutions new possibilities for innovation, speed and flexibility. Put simply, cloud is powering business growth.&nbsp;</div>
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With a broad cloud computing portfolio and deep cloud expertise, IBM can help you confidently realise the benefits of cloud across three critical dimensions:&nbsp;</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Use cloud computing to innovate fast. Quickly build cloud applications. Tap into pay-for-use global cloud infrastructure.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Give users the software they need. Free developers to focus on apps. Enable IT to become a service provider.</span></p>
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<strong>ECONOMICS</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Save time with self-service cloud. Buy just what you need. Get to market faster. Shift CAPEX to OPEX. Increase utilisation.</span></p>
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Today there is a new way to create, and it&rsquo;s made with IBM.</div>
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Ever wish you could make better things? Or make things better? Or both? That&rsquo;s what working in the cloud is all about: working smarter, working faster, and working harder for less.&nbsp;
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In the financial services industry, we&rsquo;re seeing that cloud, analytics, social, mobile and cognitive computing are enabling both new business models and greater competition, while driving the commoditisation of transactions. To compete in this new landscape, banks must be able to deliver business outcomes while offering value to technologically empowered consumers.</div>
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But boasting efficiencies in systems of record (ie. traditional core systems such as accounting applications and product systems that record internal data) is no longer enough. Banks must strengthen their capabilities in engagement systems: the kinds that ensure interactions in mobile, social media and other digital channels become engaging and compelling customer experiences. And they must use the masses of data available to them to guide them.&nbsp;</div>
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The successful bank will be one that melds people, processes and technology to deliver value and an engaging, customer-centred experience, rising to become what we call, &lsquo;A bank that thinks&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
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In our paper on this topic, we look at the rapid transformation of today&rsquo;s banks &ndash; and their customers &ndash; and describe just what the world&rsquo;s leading financial institutions are doing to compete in the new financial services landscape. I hope you find it as interesting to read as I found it to work on.</div>
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Changes in energy policy, disruption in the technological landscape, and a move towards a consumer focus are driving significant transformation in the energy and utilities sectors in Australia and New Zealand. Many firms, however, are still only in the early stages of transformation. So what should they be planning to do?&nbsp;</div>
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Growth in the sector will be achieved by those organisations that invest in transforming the utility network, customer operations, and who focus on improving generation performance. Those that make such investments could make significant savings in operating costs, while lessening the need to invest in more capacity. They will be able to anticipate, detect and respond to problems rapidly. They will not only be able to better serve increasingly empowered consumers &ndash; they will themselves empower consumers. And they will be able to help integrate electric vehicles and energy from renewable resources.</div>
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At IBM, we call this &lsquo;Smarter Energy&rsquo;. To find out more, I invite you to read Transforming the Energy Value Chain &ndash; IBM&rsquo;s point of view on smarter energy and utilities &ndash; and discover how to take a smarter approach to the way energy is produced, distributed and consumed.</div>
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Access the white paper <a href="http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=WH&amp;infotype=SA&amp;appname=SNDE_EU_EU_USEN&amp;htmlfid=EUW03060USEN&amp;attachment=EUW03060USEN.PDF#loaded" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
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Smartphones have become a central part of our lives. Recent research reveals the average mobile phone user checks their phone 150 times a day &ndash; a completely mind-blowing statistic.&nbsp;</div>
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This behavioural revolution brings with it transformative opportunities for entrepreneurial organisations. But grasping those opportunities depends on taking account two key things.&nbsp;</div>
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Firstly, people are increasingly transacting via their mobiles. Whether shopping, purchasing, searching for or providing information, collaborating or seeking service, mobile-enabled people are seeking not simply to connect, but to complete tasks when, where and how they wish. &nbsp;</div>
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Secondly, the user experience with mobile is critical. Yet market data shows that users&rsquo; expectations are not being met. For instance, 80% of apps that are downloaded are used once, then deleted. This is a huge missed opportunity as the most valuable real estate right now is a smartphone&rsquo;s home screen.&nbsp;</div>
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To help organisations address these issues, IBM has developed a portfolio of solutions to help brands create better experiences and maximise engagement with their app users and site visitors.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">You can find out more about them: </span><a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/marketing-solutions/experienceone/" style="font-size: 12px;" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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Rightly or wrongly, consumers expect immediate and engaging experiences from retailers, and they expect each experience to be consistent, whether it&rsquo;s delivered in-store, online, or via social and mobile technologies.<br />
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With today&rsquo;s consumer more connected and informed than ever before, it&rsquo;s become vital for retailers to add new technical and distribution capabilities and ensure their strategies are aligned with this &lsquo;new normal&rsquo; of retail.</p>
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At IBM, we believe three imperatives are crucial for retailers to effectively compete in this new era of smarter retail:<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Deliver a smarter shopping experience. Retailers should have a 360&deg; view of the customer, employ connected marketing, and engage in omni-channel commerce.</p>
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Build smarter merchandising and supply networks.&nbsp; Behind the scenes, retailers should be employing omni-channel merchandising and supply networks.</p>
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Drive smarter operations.&nbsp; Back-office transformation, retail infrastructure optimisation and performance insights and management can provide the most fruitful returns when improving operational efficiencies and generating savings.<br />
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It&rsquo;s those retailers that implement all three of these imperatives that are connecting with consumers, operating efficiently and capturing loyalty to gain market share and drive profitable growth. &nbsp;<br />
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The 2014 IBM Retail Solutions Guide describes these imperatives in detail. Whether you&rsquo;re a retailer or a consumer, I encourage you to examine its revelations.</p>
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<a href="http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=RG&amp;infotype=PM&amp;appname=SNDE_RE_RD_USEN&amp;htmlfid=REO12345USEN&amp;attachment=REO12345USEN.PDF" target="_blank">Access&nbsp;the&nbsp;guide&nbsp;now</a></p>
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<span style="font-size:9px;"><em>* This customer story is based on information provided by Giant Tiger and illustrates how one organisation uses IBM products. Many factors have contributed to the results and benefits described. IBM does not guarantee comparable results elsewhere. </em></span></p>
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With...00647urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-789e8244-2f53-4645-bfaf-3bd18730ff78IBM Business Insight blog - Australia & New Zealand2015-02-20T03:33:18-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7db3d98e-baa1-4f78-b7bb-cea31815fa3dHow it works: SecurityAlex Boukogiannisnflood1985+431@gmail.com3100002RKPactiveComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikes2015-01-12T23:32:36-05:002015-01-21T19:12:00-05:00<p dir="ltr">
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Have you seen the 2003 movie, The Italian Job? If you haven&rsquo;t, here&rsquo;s the synopsis: a team of sophisticated thieves plan to steal gold from a former associate. Catching the movie at the cinemas when it came out, I recall being amazed by the level of planning and ingenuity of the main characters to achieve their objective despite the safeguards employed by Edward Norton&rsquo;s character to keep his loot safe.<br />
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Now even though the 2003 American remake and the 1969 British original are pieces of fiction, they both serve as relevant analogies for today&rsquo;s cybercriminal. Long gone are the simple viruses and worms. These days, security heists are orchestrated by expert teams with specific goals exploiting vulnerabilities in websites, placing infected apps in app stores and sending deceitful emails with dangerous attachments. And the risks posed by these attacks have increased in line with their sophistication.</p>
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How does it all work and what are the potential solutions available to today&rsquo;s growing organisation? Watch this video to learn the latest:</p>
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Have you seen the 2003 movie, The Italian Job? If you haven&rsquo;t, here&rsquo;s the synopsis: a team of sophisticated thieves plan to steal gold from a former associate. Catching the movie at the cinemas when it came out, I recall being amazed...00220urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-789e8244-2f53-4645-bfaf-3bd18730ff78IBM Business Insight blog - Australia & New Zealand2015-02-20T03:33:18-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-e3e498a7-359b-40f7-9097-278906094feaRunways made with DataAudrey Rangelnflood1985+321@gmail.com270007NN2QactiveComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikes2014-12-11T17:49:19-05:002014-12-11T17:52:29-05:00<p dir="ltr">
As an IBM Client Executive, I&rsquo;ve come to establish really strong relationships with my clients throughout Victoria. In working alongside them to realise their business and strategic objectives, I often receive feedback on how the depth of IBM&rsquo;s portfolio caters for transformation across multiple lines of business &ndash; not just IT.</p>
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With all of this in mind, however, IBM&rsquo;s recent partnership with the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week generated plenty of discussion. What was particularly fascinating is that rather than seeing this as an odd fit, many of my forward-thinking clients could immediately see the synergies.</p>
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IBM is the Official Innovation and Technology Partner for Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (MSFW) 2014.</p>
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The City of Melbourne and IBM Partnership foundation is built on data. Together, we are harnessing the power of data to deliver an enhanced and amplified event experience at MSFW 2014. By delivering real-time insight and intelligence into the behaviour and sentiment of MSFW guests, then linking this in real-time to retailer offers, promotions and entertainment, we are connecting guests more closely with Melbourne CBD businesses.</p>
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To learn more about the partnership <a href="http://www.ibm.com/big-data/au/en/big-data-and-analytics/msfw.html" target="_blank">click&nbsp;here.</a></p>
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As an IBM Client Executive, I&rsquo;ve come to establish really strong relationships with my clients throughout Victoria. In working alongside them to realise their business and strategic objectives, I often receive feedback on how the depth of IBM&rsquo;s...00665urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-789e8244-2f53-4645-bfaf-3bd18730ff78IBM Business Insight blog - Australia & New Zealand2015-02-20T03:33:18-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-d35d5177-a635-415e-884b-e02afba401c7The CFO as an enabler of transformationKrishna Kumarnflood1985+424@gmail.com270007RUUBactiveComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikes2014-11-03T22:11:38-05:002014-11-03T22:13:33-05:00<p dir="ltr">
With over 10 years&rsquo; experience at IBM, I&rsquo;ve come to appreciate that the Chief Financial officer (CFO) often stands to gain as much from their organisation&rsquo;s engagement with IBM as any other job role within our clients&rsquo; organisations.</p>
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In line with this, we&rsquo;ve also recently observed a shift in the type of buyer seeking out signature IBM value. No longer are these engagements limited to the IT department. Other lines of business are equally eager to innovate, transform and empower their organisation toward the achievement of business objectives. In particular, advancements in analytics, as-a-service (aaS) computing, and risk-management truly offer compelling propositions to the forward-thinking CFO.</p>
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It has been precisely this dynamic that has led me in a new direction, assuming the position of IBM Global Financing Sales Manager in October of this year.</p>
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One key asset that has helped me feel the pulse of Australian finance leaders is the Australian CFO Forum 2014 whitepaper; it captures the key findings from the recent Australian CFO Forum including:</p>
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&bull; The role CFOs play in providing input into enterprise strategy has grown in scope and importance.<br />
&bull; The CFO must champion the value of big data and analytics to the rest of their organisation.<br />
&bull; Effective organisational strategy requires greater collaboration between CFOs and CIOs.<br />
&bull; CFOs play a vital part in helping CMOs improve the customer experience.<br />
&bull; Australia faces a shortage of people with traditional finance skills, analytical capabilities, and the ability to think across the enterprise.</p>
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What is clear is that the role of the Australian CFO is evolving from gatekeeper to strategist.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ibm.com/midmarket/au/en/att/pdf/CFO_Forum.pdf" target="_blank">Access&nbsp;the&nbsp;whitepaper&nbsp;now.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</p>
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<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=30822251" target="_blank">I&nbsp;invite&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;connect&nbsp;with&nbsp;me&nbsp;on&nbsp;LinkedIn&nbsp;as&nbsp;well.&nbsp;</a></p>
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As a business leader, particularly one who manages a large team, hardly a week goes by without generational differences among my team being considered. Business leaders know that one of our challenges and greatest opportunities is to develop a high performance culture that caters for, supports and nurtures employees who may be Baby Boomers, Gen X or Y. My HR team are also conscious of the need to prepare themselves for Gen Z who will be entering the workforce in the years ahead.&nbsp;</div>
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To add additional fuel to the fire, I&rsquo;d like to introduce you to Generation C. Generation C, however, is not a demographic. It&#39;s everyone. They&#39;re connected, and they&#39;re in control. They are today&rsquo;s Connected Customer.&nbsp;</div>
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Empowered consumers demand superior service, competitive prices, and quick delivery. They expect you to know them, to understand them, and to deliver what they want, where, when and how they want it. But here&rsquo;s the good news: once you connect with Generation C, they&rsquo;re fiercely loyal &mdash; and so are their friends and followers.</div>
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How then, does an organisation go about forming profitable partnerships with their customers? IBM propose a five step process, easily implemented and offering tremendous benefits to the forward thinking organisation. To learn more about how you can unlock new levels of customer loyalty and profitability, read the Gen C e-book now.&nbsp;</div>
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<a href="http://www.thecmosite.com/ebooks/ebook1/index.html" style="font-size: 12px;" target="_blank">Access&nbsp;the&nbsp;e-Book.&nbsp;</a></p>
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